Novartis is splitting its pharmaceuticals division into two business units, one focused on cancer and the second on other drugs, while switching out its current pharma head in the second high-profile management reshuffle this year.

Drugmaker Novartis aims to dispose of a 13.5 billion Swiss franc ($13.8 billion) stake in its local rival Roche and has already hired banks to support the selling process, a Swiss paper reported on Sunday.
The world's biggest

Drugmaker Novartis aims to dispose of a 13.5 billion Swiss franc ($13.8 billion) stake in its local rival Roche and has already hired banks to support the selling process, a Swiss paper reported on Sunday.
The world's biggest

An anonymous whistleblower has accused Swiss drugmaker Novartis of paying bribes in Turkey through a consulting firm to secure business advantages worth an estimated $85 million, according to a Feb. 17 email seen by Reuters.
The a

Novartis’ new heart failure medicine Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) tablets, previously known as LCZ696, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Entresto will be available on prescription for patient

GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis said on Monday they had completed a series of asset swaps worth more than $20 billion that will reshape both drugmakers.
GSK is forming a consumer health joint venture with Novartis, while at the same

The University of Ain Shams, in cooperation with Novartis Pharmaceuticals, has opened Egypt’s first medical unit for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).
An autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, MS

The University of Ain Shams, in cooperation with Novartis Pharmaceuticals, has opened Egypt’s first medical unit for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).
An autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, MS

About 40.8 per cent of UAE nationals in the age group of 35-70 years suffer from hypertension or high blood pressure, according to a recent survey conducted by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA).
Hypertension is the leading cause of